Establishing outcome‐driven vital signs ranges for children in the prehospital setting

S Ramgopal, CM Horvat, ML Macy… - Academic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Vital signs are frequently used in pediatric prehospital assessments and guide
protocol utilization. Common pediatric vital sign classification criteria identify> 80% of …

Mapping Prehospital Clinician Impression to Hospital-Based Diagnoses in Children Transported to the Hospital by Emergency Medical Services

T Funk Corcoran, R Crowe, C Martin-Gill… - Prehospital …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives Emergency medical services (EMS) serves a critical role in the delivery of
services to children with out-of-hospital emergencies. The EMS clinicians' initial field …

Differences in Accuracy Between Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) When Identifying Low-Acuity Pediatric Patients

J Yang, K Brown, J Simpson… - International …, 2024 - internationaljournalofparamedicine …
Background Alternative emergency medical services (EMS) disposition programs have been
developed for adults with low-acuity complaints. One barrier to including children in such …

Factors Associated with Caregiver Decision Not to Transport Pediatric Patients Assessed by Emergency Medical Services

K Johnson, C Ward - International …, 2024 - internationaljournalofparamedicine …
Objectives: Almost one third of pediatric 9-1-1 calls result in non-transport by Emergency
Medical Services (EMS). It is unknown to what extent these decisions are driven by …

A Survey of Patient Utilization and Trust of Emergency Medical Services

A LaShell, SS Sebok-Syer… - International …, 2024 - internationaljournalofparamedicine …
Little is known about patients' decisions to come to the Emergency Department (ED) via
emergency medical services (EMS) versus privately owned vehicle (POV); this is …

[PDF][PDF] PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES IN DENMARK: SEVERITY, PREHOSPITAL MONITORING AND OUTCOMES

VML Nielsen - 2023 - vbn.aau.dk
In Denmark, every 10th ambulance dispatch is for a child. For the individual emergency
medical service (EMS) professional though, it is relatively rare that he or she needs to …

[PDF][PDF] Establishing outcome-driven vital signs ranges for children in the prehospital setting

C Martin-Gill - 2023 - emergencymed.org.il
Background: Vital signs are frequently used in pediatric prehospital assessments and guide
protocol utilization. Common pediatric vital sign classification criteria identify> 80% of …